Tag: DeFi

European regulators assess DeFi risks, Uniswap launches Android wallet: Finance Redefined

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. In this week’s newsletter, European securities regulators have published a report on the DeFi ecosystem that lists the risks it poses to the European Union’s financial system — but also highlights the benefits of DeFi. Uniswap has launched Android wallet beta on Google Play, with the app gaining popularity among desktop and Apple iOS users. DeFi platform Star Arena recovered 90% of…

French regulator sees DeFi as ‘disintermediated,’ not ‘decentralized’

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On Oct. 12, the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), part of the French Central Bank, published a summary of its public consultation on a regulatory framework for decentralized finance (DeFi). The public consultation lasted two months, from April to May 2023, in response to the initial paper discussing possible regulations for DeFi in the country. External contributions nudged the ACPR to surprising revelations, especially regarding the structural persistence of centralization patterns: “The ACPR therefore believes that the term ‘disintermediated’ finance is more appropriate than that of ‘decentralized’…

Galaxy Digital Leads $4M Strategic Funding for Parsec Finance to Revolutionize DeFi Transparency

With crucial funding secured, Parsec Finance also launched its cutting-edge institutional-focused product that aims to help provide unparalleled data to easily discover DeFi opportunities. Parsec Finance, an analytics platform focused on providing deep transparency in the nascent DeFi and NFT markets, announced a successful closure of a strategic funding round with about $4 million. According to the announcement, the Parsec Finance strategic funding was led by Galaxy Digital with key participation from Uniswap, Robot Ventures, CMT Digital, Will Price, Rice Maximalist, and Freddie Farmer, among many others. The funds are…

DeFi Protocol BarnBridge Prepares for SEC Action, Fines

The proposal includes provisions that would liquidate the treasury “and allow Ward and Murray to distribute the tokens,” although it does not say to whom. BarnBridge’s treasury sits above $200,000 in various cryptocurrencies according to public data on two wallets. Some of that cash is also earmarked for legal expenses by the proposal. Source

DeFi comes with significant risks as well as benefits

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) — the European Union’s financial markets supervisory authority — released an article on decentralized finance (DeFi) and the risks it poses to the EU market on Oct. 11.  In a 22-page report, the ESMA admits the promised benefits of DeFi, such as greater financial inclusion, the development of innovative financial products, and the enhancement of financial transactions’ speed, security, and costs. However, the paper also highlights the “significant risks” of DeFi. According to ESMA, the first one is the liquidity risk tied to the…

BIS, EU central banks building data platform to track crypto, DeFi flows

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The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has developed a proof of concept (PoC) for a system tracking on-chain and off-chain transactions from cryptocurrency exchanges and public blockchains including Bitcoin. Working with the Deutsche Bundesbank, De Nederlandsche Bank, European Central Bank and the Bank of France, BIS has announced a successful PoC called Project Atlas that aims to gauge the macroeconomic relevance of cryptocurrency markets and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. The BIS Innovation Hub published details of the concept which aims to provide insights, information and economic implications of the sector,…

DeFi Lending Project Yield Protocol to Wind Down by Year’s End

“We felt this decision was necessary because there is currently not sustainable demand for fixed-rate borrowing on Yield Protocol,” Yield said. “Additionally, the current regulatory environment in the U.S., combined with increasing regulatory requirements in Europe and the U.K., make it challenging for us to continue to support the Yield Protocol.” Source

AI is the Key To DeFi Liquidity

Country by country, the policies and regulations applicable to DeFi are, to put it mildly, fragmented. Yes, DeFi is a very new and complex field, so the situation is somewhat understandable, but analyzing and adopting many different, and ever-changing, rules makes compliance a big challenge. That said, regulatory compliance is a must so that people and businesses feel comfortable their DeFi activities fall within relevant laws. Source